Spring 2022

Basilica of Sacré-Coeur at sunset
the pleasure boats float on the Seine beneath
the bridges and alongside famous landmarks,
the Eiffel Tower, the Conciergerie, the Musée
d’Orsée.
When the spring rain falls, people say, oh but
the chestnut trees smell better in the rain. The
sun rises a little earlier each morning, twilight
arrives a little later each night and the sunsets
glow every shade of rosiness from pale salmon
to burned-orange, turning the Basilica of
Sacre-Coeur from pure white to blush pink.
At the flower market in the shadow of the
great Cathedral of Notre-Dame, old ladies
wander through the Belle Epoque kiosks
choosing pots of flowers to decorate their
windowsills and balconies with daffodils, lily
of the valley, miniature roses and geraniums.
The sellers at the market rediscover their
dormant joie de vivre, their fingers no longer
turning purple-blue with the cold, and in rue
Mouffetard, the fruit sellers lay out bunches
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